It was a cool, rainy morning in New York. As I sloshed through the crowded streets to work, I glanced at a blurb on the New York Times. It was about the UN's lack of control over the rebels in the Congo. As soon as I logged on at my desk I read the article below. The article ended with this line, haunting and heartbreaking:
“I know, I still look sick,” she said, though her cloudy eyes tried to smile as she spoke. “Just a few vegetables, that’s all I’ve eaten, since I was demolished.”
- Anna Mburano
I learned that Anna is an 80 year old woman who was gang raped as her village was torn apart in Congo. She was just one of hundreds of women who suffered that night. They are helpless to these violent men and that should be terrifying for all women around the world.
Please make yourself aware and read this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/africa/04congo.html?hp
*Aries*
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